For each share of GE stock owned, shareholders received 0.005371 shares of Wabtec stock, approximately one share of Wabtec stock for every 186 shares of GE stock. Learn about governance at GE, including the latest Proxy Statement and information about the GE Board of Directors.Access the latest press releases, media contacts, and press tools.Our technology, global network, and exceptional team is fueled by a mission—building a world that works.Access important shareholder information.Get in touch and stay informed.Together with our customers, we’re proving that no one is ever limited to only affordable, reliable, or sustainable energy.Offering a suite of products to help unlock the full potential of additive manufacturing.GE's innovation engine where ideas become reality to create a better world and deliver differentiated tech across the company's industrial portfolio.Voices is a network for GE’s US supporters interested in the company’s impact in their communities and in issues that impact the company.At GE, we rise to the challenge of building a world that works. We’re deeply proud of GE employees around the world rising to the challenge.“This transaction is good for GE shareholders, who gain equity in an organization at the forefront of rail innovation; for GE, as we work to reduce leverage and strengthen our balance sheet; and for Wabtec, which now has a stronger and more diversified business mix to serve its customers,” said GE Chairman and CEO H. Lawrence Culp Jr. “The GE and Wabtec teams worked hard to complete this deal, and I am excited by the opportunities ahead for Wabtec.”The combined company, which is expected to have revenues of more than $8 billion in 2019, has approximately 27,000 employees in 50 countries. GE shareholders will see small amounts of Wabtec in their portfolios. GE received approximately $2.9 billion in cash as well as shares of Wabtec common stock and Wabtec nonvoting convertible preferred stock that together represent an approximately 24.9 percent ownership interest in Wabtec. The offering had originally been set at 12.5 million to 14.375 million shares but was quickly upsized, presumably due to robust interest. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to bring together nearly four centuries of collective experience to create a technologically advanced leader with a highly complementary set of capabilities to move and improve the world. I have been checking daily and have not seen the Form 8937 covering this transaction published yet.We are very excited to complete the merger of our two companies. He acknowledged the two-tier wage structure is the “biggest sensitivity” but that “allows us to be competitive internationally (without affecting) wages for any of the legacy employees.”On Saturday, the UE membership voted to allow union leaders to call a strike — a negotiating tactic that raises the stakes.